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Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Aberdeenshire highlights

Gosh I am sorry I haven't been around much these past few days, but between you and me, I must say I have been run off my compact little paws showing Gail's friend Janet (the Nottingham one) around all my favourite Aberdeenshire haunts.

Every visitor to these parts has to go to Dunnottar Castle where I was delighted to discover that, in addition to all the interesting (to some) history about hiding the Crown Jewels of Scotland from Oliver Cromwell etc. etc., they also now have a kiosk selling yummy ice cream.

A tour around the gardens of Crathes Castle is also a must, so I dutifully allowed Gail and Janet to wander off to look at all the flowers while I waited patiently in the car.

Rules for dogs are not so strict at the Forvie Sands Nature Reserve. The regulations are clearly stated on a noticeboard at the entry point, which I think is polite.

No trip to this part of the world is complete without ascent of Bennachie to inspect the Pictish hill fort, and I am pleased to report that, once I had gently reminded Janet that quality tour guides expect rewards, she duly delivered the goods.

Finally, back home in the evenings, I was able to show Janet the correct way to relax after a nice day out in my home territory.

16 comments:

Nice one Bertie! You should get honourary Blue Badge Guide status for your tours. Have you ever visited Brew Dog in central Aberdeen? I went last year with clients and with it being dog friendly... there were lots of dogs too! Oh and the beer tasting was pretty good too!

Hari OMWTG Bertie lad... funny thing, last night I was thinking I had not seen your handsome features up on screen for a while. Glad to see it was for the finest of reasons!!! (Am a tad grouchy that you got to do all this with the sun showing face. We have had a week of rain and fog...) Hugs and wags, YAM-aunty xxx

OMCs Bertie not only is your WFT tail purrfect your WFT nose fits purrfectly into an I SCREAM cup. Mom was a tad jealous when she saw that photo. She would love to be able to lick the bottom of an I SCREAM cup.You and Gail were great hosts to Janet she has a lovely happy visitor smile and best of all you shared your napping techniques.Hugs madi your bfff

About Me

Hi, I'm Bertie, a wire-haired fox terrier pup. I live with Gail in Aberdeen, Scotland. An old Westie called Hamish used to live here but he died on 18th February 2010 (exactly the same day I was born). People tell me that he used to have a blog and that I have big pawprints to fill. That's a bit too much responsibility for a very young puppy - and anyway, I intend to make my own mark!
(Gail says that Hamish could certainly have taught me a thing or two about marking stuff....)